{"id":2905,"date":"2023-09-26T18:27:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T15:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=2905"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"latvia-ready-to-close-belarus-border-if-immigrants-pour-in-president-rinkevics","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/2905\/","title":{"rendered":"Latvia ready to close Belarus border if immigrants pour in \u2013 President Rink\u0113vi\u010ds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 26,\u00a0<em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Latvian President Edgars Rink\u0113vi\u010ds and German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius have discussed regional security and potential risks for\u00a0a NATO border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Baltic leader&#8217;s press office, the officials&nbsp;talked about the threat of hybrid attacks at&nbsp;the Latvian-Belarusian border, and Rink\u0113vi\u010ds said that Riga was ready to take all necessary measures, including closing the frontiers with Belarus and Russia, especially if illegal migration increased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Latvian border guards have prevented 164 illegal&nbsp;border crossings from its southeastern neighbor over the past day and 9,430 since the beginning of the year. The EU has recorded at least 32,270 attempts by illegal migrants to enter its territory from Belarus since the start of 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On August 28, the interior ministers of Poland and the Baltic States agreed to close their border&nbsp;with Belarus in case of a surge in illegal migration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The migration crisis at the border aggravated&nbsp;in the spring of 2021 and continues since then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 26,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0Latvian President Edgars Rink\u0113vi\u010ds and German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius have discussed regional security and potential risks for\u00a0a NATO border. 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